Dengue hemorrágico en Colombia. Aspectos clínicos. Enero - Junio 1990

Abstract

35 hemorrhagic dengue cases ocurred during 1990 the first semester of were reviewed. Some features like age, sex, clinical manifestations, type of serologic reaction, platelets count and hematocrit were analised. The most common clinical features were fever (100%), hemorrhages (97%), myalgies (63%), headache (63%), vomit (23%), ocular pain (23%), and abdominal pain (17%). Nine patients presented shock (26%), one of them died (3%). There were found some features assodated with the most severe forms of the disease (shock): platelet count below 80.000/mm3 and hematocrit above 45%.